Brickmaking means



18E fro as Mam ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 15, 1925.

UNITED STATES REUBEN F. ROSS, OF OLIVE HILL, KENTUCKY.

BRICKMAKING MEANS.

Application filed September 5, 1924. Serial No. 736,144.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN F. Ross, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olive Hill, in the county of Carter and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Brickmaking Means, of which the following is a specification.

One object of my said invention is the provision of brick making means in the form of a box and a follower for pressing bricks in the box; the box being provided with a vent for excess clay or other stock so that the production of bricks of uniform size will be assured without any liability of breaking of the box as would be the case if the box lacked the vent and too much clay or other stock was fed to the box.

Another object of the invention is the provision in combination with a box of the kind described of cut-ofl' means adapted to sever exuding clay close to the box to prevent clogging.

Other objects and practical advantages will be fully understoodfrom the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section, partly in elevation, illustrating brick making means constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the said means.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both views of the drawings.

My novel means comprises a follower 1 adapted to be actuated by hand or by a motor, and a press box 2 which recelves the follower and clay or other stock 3 to be pressed into a brick and is provided with a rent i: the said box being of material. such as ordinarily used in brick presses, and the said vent being preferably located in one end wall of the box.

In the use of an ordinary brick press it will be understood that if too much clay or other brick stock is put in the press box the press mustbreak, but with a vent in the press box surplus clay or brick stock can exude through the vent, and in this way the bricks produced will be of uniform size and any breakage of the press will be effectively averted. It will also be understood that in my improvement the making of the brick is accomplished in one operation.

In order to prevent clogging, I prefer to employ in cooperation with the vent 4 of the press box 2 cut-off means 5 capable of cutting off the clay or other stock close to the press box at the outer side thereof. As shown 1n Figure 1 the said cut-off means is in the form of an anger driven through the medium of a driving connection 6, and when made in auger form it will be understood that the means will not only cut-off the clay or other stock, but will convey the cutoff portion away from the press box and in that way contribute in preventing clogging of the vent.

I specifically described the preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart an exact understanding of said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the construction disclosed, the scope of my invention being defined by my appended claim within which changes may be made without departure from my invention.

Having described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is Brick making means comprising a press box adapted to receive clay or other stock and pressure exerting means and having a vent for surplus clay or other stock, in combination with cutolf means exterior of the box and arranged adjacent to the said vent and adapted to operate on stock that exudes through the vent; the said cut oil means being in the form of an auger and being provided with a driving connection where by it. is adapted to convey stock away from the vent.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

REUBEN F. ROSS. 

